Diatriba de Amor Contra un Hombre Sentado: Monologo en un Acto. [Diatribe of Love Against a Seated Man. Monologue in one Act].

GARCíA MARQUEZ, Gabriel .

Item Number: 115563

Bogota: Arango Editores, 1994.

First trade edition of Garcia Marquez’s first play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. In near fine condition.

A monologue of a wife's suffering in the form of a diatribe, Marquez's first play explores happiness and intimate unhappiness as well as the parallelism between social ascent and heartbreak. The work's publication coincided with a tour of the one-woman performance throughout Spain by Ana Belén.